Child&#39;s garment



May 25, 1937; D. J. BUFFINGTON 3 2,081,290

CHILD-S GARMENT Filed Dec. 24, 1935 INVENTOR.

1 ATTORNEY.

Patented May 25, 1 937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to childrens sun suits and the object of the invention is to provide a sun suit made from a pair of rectangular pieces of cloth, such as a pair of bandanna handkerchiefs or other material of approximately the same size.

One of the particular objects of the invention is to provide a sun suit which may be made from a pair of rectangular pieces of cloth so that there is no waste whatever in making the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sun suit which will automatically adjust itself to the childs body and will fit children of different sizes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sun suit of the character described having a double seat and flared side edges at the bottom and provided with a pocket formed from the material in cutting one of the rectangular cloth sheets.

A further object of the invention is to provide a childs sun suit which may be very cheaply manufactured and sold and is attractive in appearance.

These objects and the several novel features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and the preferred form of construction by which these objects are attained is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the sun suit upon a child showing the front of the sun suit.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the back of the sun suit.

Fig. 3 is a view of the completed garment from the rear.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. '7 is a section taken on line 'i'i of Fig. 3.

The garment is formed from two rectangular pieces of cloth I and 2 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. These two rectangular pieces of cloth are sewed together on the line 3 shown at the bottom of Figs. 3 and '7 and each upturned corner 4 is sewed to its respective fabric piece by the stitching 5 toprovide a double seat forward and to the rear of the seam 3, as shown in Fig. '7. The edges 6 and I are not sewn together in order to provide an opening for the childs legs but the edges 8 and 9 are sewn together by the stitching I as shown in Fig. 3. The upper corner of the sheet I directly above the corner 4 is out off and the edge is inturned and sewn by the stitching II to provide a hem for the elastic band I2 which is secured in the hem by the tacking I3 at each end.

In order to obtain the desired fullness in the front piece 2 of the material, the two pieces of material I and 2 are stitched together by the stitching I4 shown in Figs. 3 and 6 and the fabric piece I is further gathered by forming inverted pleats I by the stitching I6 which is also shown 5 in Fig. 5. By this arrangement the back piece of material I is gathered as shown in Fig. 2 and the front piece of material is drawn across the childs chest and up under the arms as shown in Fig. 1.

The upwardly extending corner of the fabric piece 2 is provided with a hem I! through which a cord I8 is inserted and the corner I9 may be turned upwardly as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 if desired and may also be turned downwardly. The cord l8 may be then tied about the childs neck as shown in Fig. 2.

In putting the garment on, the child steps through the opening provided at the top between the two pieces of fabric I and Z and by stretching the elastic 82 may draw the garment up over the body so that the legs extend through the open edges 6 and I of the garment as will be readily understood from Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The side portions between the stitching I0 and I4 form flared edges 20 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the material cut off from the upper corner of the rectangular fabric piece I in forming the hem lI provides a triangular piece 2| which is sewn on the front of the garment to provide a pocket as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing description it becomes evident that the entire rectangular area of both pieces of cloth is used in manufacturing the garment so that there is no waste material and due 5 to the elastic I2 in the hem II, the garment will automatically adjust itself to the childs body and, at the same time, due to the length of the cord I8, the same sized garment may be worn by different sized children and children of different ages.

Having thus fully described my invention, its utility and mode of use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A garment comprising two superimposed rectangular pieces of cloth each provided with an inturned corner sewn to the respective piece and the folded edges being sewn together, the diagonally opposite corner of one piece being provided with atubular portion, a cord extending through said tubular portion, the companion corner of the other piece being cut off and inturned to provide a hem, an elastic extending through the said hem and fastened at opposite ends in the hem, the

elastic tending to shorten the hem and a pair of inverted pleats formed in the hemmed piece below the hem, the edges of the two superimposed pieces extending from the hem being sewn together and the edges of the two pieces being also sewn together a second time by a spaced row of stitching extending at a slight angle to the adjacent sewn edges of the two pieces.

2. A garment comprising two superimposed rectangular pieces of cloth each provided with an inturned corner sewn to the other where folded, the inturned corner of each piece being sewn to the body of the piece to provide a double seat, a cord secured to the diagonally opposite corner of one piece and the diagonally opposite corner of the other piece being cut off and inturned to provide a hem, the edges of the two'pieces extending from the hem being sewn together, an elastic cord secured in the said hem and a pair of inverted pleats extending downwardly from the hem.

3. A garment comprising two superimposed rectangular pieces of cloth sewn together at one corner, a cord secured to the diagonally opposite corner of one piece and the diagonally opposite corner of the other piece being cut ofi and turned in to provide a hem, the edges of the two pieces extending from the hem being sewn together, an

elastic secured in the hem and a row of stitching extending from each end of the hem toward the unsewn edges of the rectangular cloth pieces.

4. A garment comprising two superimposed rectangular pieces of cloth, the median line of the garment extending from one corner to a diametrically opposite corner, a short length of the corners at the bottom of the garment lying within the garment, there being stitching to sustain the same in place and determining the width of the garment at the crotch, the two pieces being unstitched on the sides extending in opposite direc tions from the crotch to provide leg openings and the remaining opposite edges of the two garments being stitched together, the corner of the piece forming the front of the garment opposite the crotch having a hem formed at a point below'the terminal point, a neck cord in said hem, the corresponding corner of the back piece being cut therefrom and the cut edge inturned to form .a hem, the said corner piece cut from the back piece being stitched to the outer face of the first piece to form a pocket, and an elastic cord in the hem of the back piece tending to draw the uncut portion of the front piece beneath the arms of the wearer.

DOROTHY J. BUFFINGTON. 

